derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
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- On the edge of London
There are so many on facebook, are they legit or are they scams? Looks like an easy way to make money, if people do cough up.
Petitions on Facebook
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slow horse
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Mine's not a scam, it's a legitimate request to increase my wealth at little expense to individual donors.
I don't do the likes of Facebook, Xitter, etc. but all the petitions I've seen elsewhere are where you sign (for free) to support a campaign for something you agree with eg "We the undersigned think that xxx should (or should not) be permitted ...". How do these Facebook petitions "make money"?
Ian
Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
What's a Facebook?
slow horse
Well-Known Member
You know that quote "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt"? It's one of those places where all doubt is removed.
Drago
Legendary Member
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- Suburban Poshshire
Eh? I'm not giving my personal details to Mark Zuckerberg to monetise and abuse, yet I'm the foolish one?
slow horse
Well-Known Member
Not at all, for you have escaped his clutches.
annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
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- Canonbie
Many of the petitions I sign then take you to a thank you page asking you to chip in to support the court case or whatever. None of them are on Facebook and tend to be well known organisations such as Greenpeace or on a campaign platform like 38 degrees. I don't think I've ever responded to the request for money.
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
They are only interested in gathering marketing data (for other people) and personal preference data (to sell to other people), and to find out what your preferences are so they can better target ads at you. Anyone who signs up to anything for free is "the product". FB takes it 2 steps further. It is a weird concept though; I once got upset when curries wanted my address when I was buying a camera. But I've freely given lots of my personal data and photos to FB just so people can click "like" on them. I would delete my account tomorrow and request that all data is removed, but what if Carly from school wants to contact me in an emergency (even though I haven't seen her for 25 years)? I don't have her number. She could be in trouble
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
I do look at our local FB page as it does contain useful and sometimes vital information. Scams do appear sometimes but are detected quickly.
I do not contribute and have no “ friends” but just browse.
The Isle of Harris page is good for a laugh as they take the mickey out of touroid and settlers.
I do not contribute and have no “ friends” but just browse.
The Isle of Harris page is good for a laugh as they take the mickey out of touroid and settlers.
For me I find the cost of having my own personal website small (not free but not a lot). Having everything under my control means I'm not "the product", I'm not giving away things/images I post, not funding the damaging activities of billionaires and providing data helping them grow their bank balances even further.
It's not complex, not expensive and just as easy for people to use. Easy to control if you want Google/Bing to ignore your site or to make it available through their search engines. Basically what happens to your data is your decision, not somebody else deciding on their profit interests.
Ian
You may not have given Zukkeniberg your details and, despite maybe not even being on Facebook, others may have given him your details. eg If you've given your contact phone number of somebody who happens to use WhatsApp and they put your phone number in their contacts list Zukkenberg will have likely been sent some of your details From WhatsApp website "When you use contact upload and grant WhatsApp access to your device address book, WhatsApp will access and upload the phone numbers in your address book typically daily, ..."
Ian
Drago
Legendary Member
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- Suburban Poshshire
It's a good thing then that rhe only person who has my mobile number is Mrs D, and being a work phones she doesn't have WhatsApp on it.
Old Mark Zuckerberk will have to get out of bed pretty early to get me.
Old Mark Zuckerberk will have to get out of bed pretty early to get me.
Alex321
Guru
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- South Wales
Not foolish for choosing to avoid Facebook.
Foolish for trying to pretend you don't even know what it is.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
But still not foolish enough to be on it like you.
